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The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
Ways of Breathin0.

There are lazy ways of breathing and
one.sided ways of breathing, and the
particularly bad habit of breathing
through the mouth. Now, the nose wa
meant to breathe through, and it is mar
velously arranged for fltering the impu-
rites cut Of the air and for changing i
TO q suitable temperature for entering
the lungs. The mouth has no such ap.
paratus, and when the air is swallowed
through the mouth instead OF brcathed
through the nose it has an injurious eff.
sect upon the luugs.-IChicago Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03

Captain 3. P. Herenden, after a So
journ of four years in the Arctic, is about
TO send a valuable collection of Alaskan
curios to the Smithsonian Institution.
He went North in 1881 with the polar
expedition under Lieutenant Ray, and
after leaving that party spent two years
with the Newakmunes, a little known
tribe, allied to the Esquimaux, living
near Point Barrow. From them he OBJ
tanned a number of beautiful suits of
deer skin, trimmed with wolverine fur,
and a great variety of household utensils
and ornaments, beautifully carved, from
the tusks of mastado ns that abound in
The Alaskan fields.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
Some arkansas Products.

When a str niger with credentials
drops into Little Rock and expresses n
desire to obtain some information about
ArkansaW he is at once presented to
Prof. Thomas and the latter saws "come
with me" and Introduces him to his
museum. This museum gives the
stranger a very fair idea of what
Arkansaw can do in the line of produc-
ton without trying very hard. 1t con-
tains for one thing a collection of 155
diff .rent kinds of grasses. mot bad
for grass" Prof. Thomas will saw in
an nnconcerned4fnanner, but watching
the visitor closely to see that the size
and character of the collection has had
Its proper effect. Against the walls
hang stalks of cotton, corn, and other
cereals. In shining glass jars are pre-
served, IN alcohol, specimens of fruit
u as a Northern market seldom sees
IN a state of nature; plums as big as
peaches, and peaches twice as large as
they ought to be in Northern eyes.
Strawberries five inches in circumrer-
ence, oranges as fine as Florida ever
grew and apples Of, a size and quality
such as New York farmers never
dreamed of producing. 1--WE grow
everything that can be produced in
four degrees of latitude" says the |
Professor, "for there is just that differ
snee in the 240 miles of territory
between the northern and southern
boundaries of the state.n
But what a curious library! The
covers of the books are of wood, each a
different specimen. The visitor picks
up a boek. He finds that it is o solid
bit OF wood in the shape of a handy
volume. Jay Gould, while on a visit
not long ago, spent more time examining
The library than he gave to the rest of
The library was worth tho
time, toe, for imagine one consisting Of
tones made from white oak, red oak,
black oak, chestnut, American beech
birch, red cedar, yellow pine, pitch
pine, willow, poplar, cypress, ''old
feld' or long-leayed pine, bois dare,
black walnut, hickory, Several
Farieties,0 white and red maple
box csder, black locust, black samac
water locust, coffee bean, wild plum;
holly, Eastwood, papaw, bay, umbrella,
wild cherry, sweet gum elm, Several
r~arieties sycamore, witch hazel, butter
mt; pecan; hickory; and twenty or
more other woods. A majority of the
FOODS are handsome enough ID be used
OF decorative purposes; and ALI Of them
ave their purpose. --INew York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
Redeemiun Trade Dollars.

The United States sub treasury il
Wall street has been busy during the last
two months with the redemption of those
white-faced trade dollars which were Sc
ANONYMOUSLY dismissed from circulation
several years ago. There were some
seven million trade dollars in all, and by
an act of the last congress the New York
sub treasury was called upon to redeem
the entire lot at one hundred cents
apiece. The movement to redeem the
trade dollars started in President Ar
thurs time. When the dollars were
forced out of circulation by an interest
ing exercise of cooperative power on the
part of the public, they passed into the
hands of spectators who bought them
for eighty-fve cents each, OR less, and
held them with a fine faith in what the
future could be made to bring forth. At
ono time under President Arthur their
speculative valu, ran up to ninety-five
cents and at another time, under Presi-
dent Cleveland it ran down to seventy
seven cents. Their final redemption at
one hundred cents leaves o fairly good
profit to the holders.
Three or four millions of the outcasts
have returned and have been redeemed
so far. Nobody knows, of course, when
the last one will have been gathered into
the Sub-Treasury. Not o few are in
China, where square holes have been
cut in them to make them resemble
Chinese money. These the Sub Treasury
will not redeem, so it will be useless for
any ono to send them over here. In
fact, no trade dollar is redeemed which
is mutilated, aud it is because mutilated
specimens must be looked out for that
the redemption of the outcasts IS at
tended with so much labor. Each one
of the three or four millions which have
come in has been handled separately.
The Sub-Treasury melts the trade dol
lars up for the silver which is in them
there is considerably less than a dollars |
worth. in each-and the government
pockets the loss.
Doubtless a good many wonder how
many dollars there arc in the sub treas
ury. There are about one hundred aud
forty million. leading to the vaults in
which this treasure is stored are two
steel doors which have such an appear
ance of strength that one would think
thousand ton trip-hammers could not
prevail against them. Ono of those DOORS
is behind the other, and to reach the
vau is it is necessary to pass through
both. It is a rule which has never been
violated that the two doors shall never
opened at the same time. Even the
secretary of the treasury, when he goes
nto the vaults, must wait for QUO of the
'teel barbados to swing to and be bolt
ID and locked behind him before the
'ther is opened for his advance. The
oof of the sub-treasury also has appara-
us for the protection of the gold and
liver which are below. 1t is armed
With Gatling guns and repeating rifles
Iarper's Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
The LtGht of Love,

Fair is the flush of the summer dawn,
When the gate of pearl uncloses,
As it glimmers along the dewy lawn
And shimmers amid the roses;
As it wakes the little drops of dew
To quiverings of delight,
And threads the aisles of the forests through
On the trail Of the flying night.
Soft is the g'eam of the summer stars
When the feverish day is over,
When the fays are afoat in silvery cars,
And the dusky mo:h is a rover.
When over the couch of the dreaming
flowers
The mists OF the fountain creep,
And the languid ears of the drowsy hours
Are wooed by song of the deep.
But the dazzling hues of the morning fall,
And dull are its golden lances,
And all the light Of the stars grow pale
III my darling's tender glances;
For the stars may burn with a thousand
dyes,
And a myriad sunbeams fall,
But the light OF love in a woman's eyes
Is the purest light Of all.
New York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03

8" thought" she whispered, "that
life wa very hard. Butt don't think
so now. can understand it all. Uncle
Verney neysr liked you. He wanted me
to marry old Walker. But he is dead
now. Well forget it all, David--won't
wcan
For your sake, darling--yes!"
And in the general tidal wave of hap
piness no one once thought of Betscy Ro-
per, crying her eyes out behind the big
kitchen towel in DR.. DORIS kitchen.
Il neve had no chance to read 'un
BEFORE" said she. "And now 'un's
gone. An I doan't know what Uncle
Ezra, in Yorrukshire, will say when he
hears how 'un disappeared"
But Betsey was not discharged. DR..
Door saw to that.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
Flashes of Ligbtnis,O.

The length Of q flash Of lightning /
generally under-os mated. The longest
known was measured by M. p. Petit Of
Toulouse. This fash was ten and q
half miles in length. Tho longest inter-
val ever remarked between the flash and
the report was % seconds, which would
correspond with q distance of fourteen
miles. Direct researches have shown
that q storm is seldom heard at a greater
distance than seven to ten miles, while
the average are barely heard over four
q i've miles Of. This fact Is more
curious, rs cannon may be distinctly
heard double or treble that distance,
and in equal cases much better.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03

Silk making is becoming an established
industry and one of growing Importance
in the DATED States. Machinery for
winding silk from the cocoon has re-
gently been set up at Washington. Great
demands for silkworm eggs are being
made, and the bulletin of the Depart
ment of Agriculture describing the silk
worm culture has already run through
sight editions. According to the re.
ports all demands in this line have
never been so great as at present, and it
is expected that considerable quantities
Of American grown silk will before long
ind its way upon the market.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03

Among the improvements at Mt.
Vernon made during the past year are
the restoration Of the summer house by
tho ladies' o. Louisiana; restoration of
the old tomb by the ladies of Michigan
Q great improvement in the surface
drainage OF tho roads through the uso OF
terra Gotta piping, making them always
dry; and the rebuilding of the terrace
wall In front of the mansion. This last
has been q laborious and costly work.
The IONS OF the late Mrs. Robert Camp
bell, vice regent for Missouri, have
sfcred to restore the deer park as it was
in the time Of Washington, in honor of
their mothers memory. A number Of
nav relics have been added to the coll
lection, especially la the West Virginia
room, which is in charge of Mrs.. Lewis
Washington, mother Of William D. Fl.
d~0shington, United States consul to
qoSxsn Oat. Among these is an
.cye-glass set in silver which was used by
Washington, and a fragment Of the
oriafhal coffin in which Washington
was buried. In a glass case in this room
there is q black velvet suit of clothes
which Washington wore when in u
ing for his mother. Mrs. Washington
will also send some ~engravings which
once belonged TO Washington. The
Illinois parlor has been handsomely fur
nished, thanks to the energy and in
huence Of Mrs. Letter. The dining room,
which belongs to Massachusetts, contains
the library, which is being re-collected
through the efficient aid given by Miss
Langfcllow, of Cambridge, Mass.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
House aold Hints.

Oil of lavender will drive away flies.
Grained wood should be washed Will
cold tea.
A refrigerator should be scrubbed a
least once a week.
If paper has been laid under the car
pet all dust may be easily removed will
it.
Mortar and paint may be removed
from window glass with hot, sharp vine
gar.
The simple sure cure for an offensive
kitchen waste pipe is concentrated lyt
poured in boiling hot, and which will
make soap in a twinkling all along the
greasy line.
When laid away for any length o
time, linen should be washed, rough
dried without bluing and laid in loose
folds without much weight on it.
BILLED potatoes ought to be laid out on
q plate, and are then as good for frying
or MASKING as if they were freshly
cooked. If left heaped up they will of
ten spoil in n night.
To make glossy starch melt together
mt ounce white wax and two ounces
spermaceti. Make starch and to a good
sized painful add a lump of the mixture
about the size of q pea.
To take varnish off of furniture use a
solution of about s pounds common wash
ing soda to a gallon of water. Apply
this to the work with q common paint
brush, and after allowing it to stand for
a short time the varnish can be removed
with an ordinary stiff scrubbing brush.
Butter may be rendered less trouble
some in summer by being covered with
a huge flower pot large enough to in
close the. plate and rest in a tray in
which there is some cold water. Leaving
butter in water spoils it. All vegetables
when out may be kept fresh by putting
the stalks into water. Carrots, turnips
and the like if placed in layers in a box
Of sand will keep for many weeks. Clean, |
new laid eggs will keep quite fresh for
months if buried-in dried salt well closed.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03

A movement has taken definite shape
ia Holland looking to the substi-
tuition of the Continental Sun
day. with a slightly better observance
Of the Sabbath. The measures pro-
posed allow no work that is open to pub
lie view; no sales of any sort except
eatables; no places of amusement to be
open before eight o'clock p. M; no in
toxicating drinks to be sold near
churches while worship is being con-
Quoted in them, nor anywhere before
noon. The government declares that it
Is impossible to forbid all work on Sun
day. or to close all places of amusement.
While movements like this are gong on
in every country where the 'Conti-
mental Sunday has been tried, certain
foolish persons in this country seek to
transplant the evil here.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
BILL NYE
Describes a Custom Peculiar
to the Chinese.
And Expresses an Ardent Wish that it BE-
Turned Looss in this Country

Bill Nye, the humorist, saysin the ST
Louis Magazine: There is one custom
in the Celestial Empire that we woutt
like to see turned loose here. Boys il
China are not supposed to be responsible
until they arrive at about the age o
twenty years, and their parents are held
accountable for all their c~rookcdness,
just tho SAM, as the owner of any other
dangerous animal is held responsible fol
damages.
Surprising a bad boy wakes up and
throws Ii stone through your bay win.
dow that skaters a fine Gala and busts
the statue of the sweet singer Of Michi-
gan, you do not go out and chase him
four blocks with an iron rake and club
h m till he gets out of reach, but you
just get an old hoe-handle that swings
easy and you search out tho boys par
ents and mix them up with tho sand.
Then if the boy don't behave himself you
can go to other relatives of his, and
gradually enlarge the circle ofyour ac-
quaintance, until you have mau'ed the
entire relationship, even including the
old grandparents of the boy, and If any
of these people resist they are subj ;ct to
Imprisonment.
This law, although apparently strin-
gent, is a good one. 1t. makes parents
take more interest in their children and
look out for them more accurately. It
encourages parel IS to know where their
boys are, and to keep their eyes on them
more than they do out in Ceramic.
Why, if that law were TO go in force here,
some men we know would have to take
an arn.ct bath twice a day. and they
wouldn't have q whole bone in their
body. We like to see a bright, active
boy with good health and sound lungs,
lut the thriving blossom that will develop
into a Jesse james, we have no use for.
1t the Chinese law could be enforced
hers against those parents who are breed
ing up a squad of %hood!ums, we would
not weep. 1t would be pretty active
work for the avenger and his hoe handle,
but 1t would institute a reform at lie asst.
AS it is now a building cam OF be left
.unoecupied over night before every pane
of glass is broken and the walls smashed
In. Now if the owner had the right to
climb the male parent of those BOYS and
knock his shoulder blades through his
spleen and tangle his works all up SO
that hereafter his food wouldn't be any
benefit to him, it might arouse an interest
IN his children SO that he would make
them an ornament to society.
You can't do much with a strange boy
anyhow. If you spank him with an old
window shutter, he goes home and tells
bis father. and the old man tells him to
right back and do the same thing and
will stand by him. Then the bow re-
and repeats, and you start after
llm with the intention of killing him.
ut as ne turns the corner q quarter of a
nile away and puts his thumb on his
and waves his fingers in the air, you
control your brutal temper and go home. .
That's the reason why in twenty years {
rom now, it will be a bitter cold day
when the telegram doesn't give us the t
PARTICULARS of twenty-sevcn murders and
hirtcen train robberies. ,
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
A Few Sauces

Mint Sauce-Chop fine one bunch o
mint, mix with it a tablespoonful o
white sugar, a pinch of salt and pepe1
each, and five tablespoonfuls of vinegar.
Stir we'll and serve with, roast lamb Of
veal.
Cream Sauce-Melt three ounces oil
butter, add flour to thicken with half q
pint of cream; season with pepper and
salt; let it boil and serve with chicken,
veal or s~weetbreads.
Drawn Putter-Half a teacup of but
ter; two of flour; rub all together and
pour into n pint of boiling water; add
salt. Serve with boiled meats.
Hard saucc-One large cup of pow
dered sugar whipped to q cream with
two tablespoonfuls of butter, n spoon
full of currant jelly beaten in we'll and
as much cinnamon as will lie on
a half dime. When mixed heap on a
saucer or glass dish and set in a cool
place to harden.
Saucc-Half a bowl of brown sugar,
two tablespoonful of butter and o wine
glass of rose water stirred to a cream.
Dredge in a tablespoonful of -four and
add a teacup Of boiling water, stirring
we'll for two or three minutes; CRATE in
half a nutmeg, use the moment it is
done. 1t is a delicious French dessert,
although the title is so very homcspun.
Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
Stfged HGir.

Singing hair is the latest device o
the BARRIERS to drew q customers money,
said Il tonsorial artist to- d 81. Loais
Globe reporter. Ihear It is being worked
very successfully down East, lnt 1t has
not reached this city yet. Smuggling is
done either BY red-hot irons or BY fame.
Tho harris held up in a comb as now in
cuttings andthe ends are singed of. It
is a custom that finds favor with those
who have d tendency to badness. The
barber tells them that their hair is COM
Ing out. They get frightened, and then
BIZ tells them " il caused by tho oil Of
the root escaping from the top 81 each
individual hair. II the patron admits
that gauzy statement the barber follows
il up with the remedy, which, oil course,
IS nothing more than singing the top Of
each hair. This, the customer is told.
viii stop up the hollow by causing a hard
little knob to form at the end. That
sounds reasonable, and they take the
singing. AS each hair is left with the
frixzled end tho entire head Of hair looks
thicker, and the customer looking Id tie
glass thinks biz hair ii really improving
nnder tho smuggling and getting thicker.
a. BE i happy, and nobody is hurt. But
tho barber ought to be excused for this
little scheme. The trade IS not what It
used 70 be. The dye business is almost
forgotten, although 20 years ago ii was
the most fruitful source Of revenue.
Then everybody had his beard Of ms
taehe dyed Brownish or light whisk =
we're rare then. Everything haa ii IL
blask. y was IA cents for aive minutes
w1ork ~ the thinnaat m~ustacle IA khe
pEeasa could nos heip being grcat.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
FOI THE HOU
DnafIne Rooma.

Begin with the walls. A broom well
covered with cloth will be made to do
this part well. The walls should be
cleaned in this way at least once a week
In rooms that are much used. Picture
cords o wires, the backs of picture
frames and the tops of door and window
frames should be wiped off with a damp
cloth. Where there is danger of injur-
iEg pictures use a dry cloth. Curtains
have o great partiality for dust, and as
often as you can get a good draft which
will carry the dust out of the window,
give them a shaking and beating. The
window-sash, sill and glass should also
receive attention. On much of the
furniture a damp and dry cloth are need
ed together. If there are inside shutters
these need the most tender care.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03

There are considerably over go, 900
persons confined at the present lime in
prisons in the United States. This is
nearly nine times the number Of prisoners
Ia 1850, 50 that, even making allowance
for increase in population, crime, or
Mt any rate punishment for crime, is
much more general now than then.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03

The fund of $500, 900, or 50, 500, 600,
left by George Peabody for building i'm
proved houses for the poor of London,
has. through rent and interest, grown to
g9f0, SOS, or 81 513 $40. There are now
5014 separate dwellings. containing H.
$50 rooms, and the average rent of each
dwelling is less than 81. 25 a week.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
TOWN PROPERTY FOR SAFE

A'centr lily located and desirable busiaae.
stan | on NJ in street, Opelousa,. consis ins
If bald ng I'll table for residence an sma
store, and adjoining a bakery, being tSs
pcope ty mex to the Pc t-office This nr@
erty will be sold very cheap for cash, or bsfi
cash IL balance on terms to su t pu ,assr
Apply at this Office or to Ms. EimonJr
Dupre March 2gSg
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY.

The course of instruction in this Institution srab.e,,
English. French. Latin, Greek, ARITHMETIC, AlPsbf1s
Geometry, bookkeeping, Natural Sciences. Hifgy.
Geography, Penmanship, and great care is bastow.1
on Christian Instruction.
TERMs:-Board and tuition per month as: B.y
Scholars per month, So. So or 81, according to etss,
Glasses are resumed on Wednesday, September fsth
1885. Rev. e. RAYMOND, d. D..
Rev. 4. j. RAYMOND.
HENRY G.. LEWIS,
Aug. ~. 1885. A. BLANC DUoUEsyAY.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
FOR SALE.

A Fine Residence, with all necessary out-
buildings II improvements, and sufficient
land for SIN Ii farm, a~1joining the o porats
Ii nits Ct Ope ou*as, viii be soil cesns
APP ly at this the7. diff
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
CONVENT OF
The Immaculate Conception.

OPELOCSAS. LA.
The course of studies in this Institution is most H.
tensive, embracing all the branches taught in the bs&t
institutions of America or Europe.
TERMS ARE VERY MODERATE.
Board and Tuition per month, S1s; Day scholars
per month, So, IS or 81, according to class. Opening
of the classes the Ist Monday of September. aug q
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
OF ELOUSAS Female lwsTlyn,s

Opetousas 81. Landry Parish
vTNHIS Institution will resnme dutiss NJ
L. tember 9Th, 1886, under the imnsd;. mendsy, Hsn
of Mrs. Nj. M. Hayes and Mrs, NJ ~ ~Supefrasn~~
competent assistants. The scholastic q Dsyis. wk
forty weeks. Sear conSstsn
ERIN OF TUITION.
Preparatory Department. per month.
Music, with use of piano -" '."..a., SWM
HPoaraIng, including washing. light and final !. Cd
hmoroldsry. wax flowers. painting, drawn ."..IgM
eaen'
"fsM@
DISCIPLINE:
Inc government of this school Ia str1ct H..
no nard tasks or restrictions are irnnosaSS pafenisfs
student must comply with the rules. and ~ put esefsr
up tot he measure of her ability, the Isssnaaast prepars
Our course of study and mode of instrn o,ss assigned
tram the mind to habits of correct th;nkGoSeIon are ID
ough investi CATION. No student will he aInag and tBoF
Ter higher classes without thorough rsnaauNsQto I'll
rents and guardians may rest assured III : tlnauon. ri
Ia alth and morals of the children and nv msnnsrs.
ceive due attention. WARDS shall NJ
No deduction for absence. unless in c,so
ca Illness; The legation 2f Of the town is heat sSaSiF.et
immediate charge of Mrs. Hayes. &c., underts
vide themselves witt blankets and towsJs VII pn
ticulars address ""0 For pt.
july 2S'33-nov 27'79. nASES,